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[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1801. London. Printed by A. Strahan, [1801]. 12mo. 253pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked, black morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31014

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GILDEA, Colonel Sir James. Historical record of the work of the soldiers' and sailors' families association from 1885 to 1916. London. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1916. First edition. 8vo. 318pp. With a photographic plate. Original publisher's blue, red, and white calf in Union Flag design, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31000

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[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1794. London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., [1794]. 12mo. iv, 60, 285pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and marked, loss to head and foot of cracked spine. Numerous leaves protruding from text-block, text heavily faded at times. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30971

[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1799. London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., [1799]. 12mo. iv, 60, 321pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and marked, loss to head and foot of cracked spine, joints split. Several leaves protruding from text-block. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30972

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1804. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1804]. 8vo. [2], 264pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30722

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1806. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1806]. 8vo. [2], 212pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30721

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MIKSCHE, Lt-Colonel F. O. Les erreurs strategiques de hitler. Paris. Payot, 1945. First edition in French. 8vo. 204pp, [2]. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, marked, and sunned, loss to spine and upper panel. Leaves browned. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30723

MIKSCHE, Lt.-Col. F. O. Atom-waffen und streitkrafte. Bonn. Westunion, [1955] 8vo. 190pp, [1]. Original publisher's light blue cloth. Heavily worn and marked remnants of original publisher's dustwrapper loosely inserted. Rubbed and stained, spine dulled. Upper corner of text-black damp-stained. Manuscript notes in the author's hand throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30724

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Rüstungswettlauf: Ursachen und Auswirkungen. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1972]. First edition. 8vo. 452pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle marked. Family copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my dear daughter Olga with / all my love. / Daddy / (?) / 29. 1. 1972.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29189

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Der Atomkrieg findet nicht statt: Das Versagen der Atomstrategie. Stuttgart. Friedrich Vorwerk, [1958]. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in silver. Rubbed, marked, and damp- stained, spine dulled. Extensive ink and pencil annotations. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30665

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Bis 2000: Entscheidung in der Vierten Welt. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1979]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, ink inscription in the author's distinctive hand to title page: 'To my very dear Olga / from her / Daddy / Paris, (?) 2, the 17th of Sept. 1980'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29190

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FALL, Bernard B. The two viet-nams: A Political and Military Analysis. New York. Frederick A. Praeger, [1965]. Revised edition. 8vo. xvi, 498pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Anthony Eden's copy, with occasional pencil notes in his distinctive hand. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30664

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MIKSCHE, F. O. The failure of atomic strategy & a New Proposal for the Defence of the West. New York. Frederick A. Praeger, [1958]. First edition in English. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, surface loss to spine panel. Extensive ink and pencil annotations/corrections in the hand of the author and another unidentified hand. Presentation copy, ink inscription to title page: 'My very last copy, to Colonel / Paul H. Raftery, with the / compliments of the author, / Paris 29/11/60 / Miksche / P.S. The original was ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30667

MIKSCHE, Lieut.-Colonel F. O. Atomic Weapons and Armies. London. Faber and Faber, [1955]. First edition. 8vo. 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30666

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30672

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MIKSCHE, Captain F. O. Is bombing decisive? A Study in the organisation and tactical employment of modern air fleets. London. George Allen & Unwin, [1943]. First edition. 8vo. 101pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth- backed yellow paper boards. Without dustwrapper. Warn, marked, and sunned. Text-block detached from binding. Family copy, inscribed by the author to his daughter on half-title, annotated throughout in his hand. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30669

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HOLLEY, Alexander L. A treatise on ordnance and armor: embracing descriptions, discussions, and professional opinions concerning the material, fabrication, requirements, capabilities, and endurance of european and american guns for naval, sea-coast, and iron-clad warfare, and their rifling, projectiles, and breech-loading... New York. D. van Nostrand, 1865. First edition. 8vo. xliv, [4], 900pp, [14]. With a half-title, 493 engraved illustrations in the text, and seven terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth backstrip pasted to RFEP. Modern gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, grey cloth boards. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, occasional neat marginal paper repairs. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30531

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[BRITISH ARMY]. The manual and platoon exercise &c. &c. London. Printed for T. Egerton, 1804. 8vo. 18pp, [2]. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Extremities marked and worn, substantial loss to spine. Early martial inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30687

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Vom Kriegsbild. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1976]. First edition. 8vo. 317pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my darling Olga, a hard work of three years, Daddy Paris. 1. XII. 75'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30673

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30671